Quotes by Sophie Marceau

• Mel Gibson would not be a good James Bond.
• Well it is sometimes difficult to act in another language.
• What I am interested in is the present time.
• When you direct your first film, you always start by telling stories that you are familiar with.
• Words, yes, formulating things, creating something from your heart, it is something very necessary, yes.
• You can perform all kind of characters but you cannot change what people feel for you.
• Genre aside, I'd like to make a film about people.
• And I think it's very rare to have good stories, well written comedies.
• You know French means like sophisticated, well educated, so far.
• Oh, I'm not English, I cannot talk on behalf of an English person. I'm French. I can say about French. They are quite emotional, though, and they talk about their emotions.
• There is no doubt that this film is autobiographical, but at the same time it also tries to portray an ordinary couple in a language that everyone can understand.
• It is something actresses need to go through and I think they look forward to being naked in a movie. I don't know why, but it is something you need to exhaust from yourself.
• I'm a good storyteller.
• I think it's almost easier to make people cry than to make people laugh.
• I just heard a very funny story about somebody who died yesterday, I'm sorry to say so but it was so absurd that you can't help laughing. And the person that was concerned about that story was laughing too.
• I find the subject of childhood fascinating. I explored this subject in Speak to me of love and I am curious about portraying the often painful transition into the adult world.
• As you know it is a comedy so everything is a little bit pushed. That's what's funny about this kind of movie is you can laugh about the absurdity, and the bad side of life.
• But the privileges that one has enjoyed and exploited can sometimes turn against you: nobody thinks of you as a director, you are always an actress.
• Even if I think in English, it's more a language of acting than French.
• So, sometimes, when I'm not happy with my performance and I have to think, I will think in English.
• Life is like a chocolate box—some days you get rich truffles, and some days you bite into that weird salty caramel. Either way, you strive to savor every piece.